Elizabeth Gaskell - North & South - Narrative - CD

from LisaMaria_C

The North and South of the novel isn't American, but English, although there are some interesting similarities. As depicted in this mid-19th Century novel, in the south of England are the "aristocratic counties" and largely agricultural. Margaret Hale, the novel's protagonist, is from that rural ...

from Smiler69

Is it a love story à la Jane Austen? Is it a social commentary à la Dickens? I'm not sure I've resolved that question yet, but it doesn't take away from the fact that I enjoyed my first experience of an [Elizabeth Gaskell] novel very much. Margaret Hale, has just returned to her parent's house in...

from baswood

A socialist tract, a paean to capitalism, a Victorian love story, a bildungsroman, or a realist portrayal of life in mid nineteenth century industrial England. This very wonderful novel is all of these things; what it is not is a novel about the divide between the North and the South, but this ti...

from kiravk

Rochester is manipulative, Knightley's a nag, Heathcliff's a brute, and Darcy an occasional snob. But Thorton? Let's review his amiable qualities, shall we? A self made man who takes care of his family, refuses to risk his worker's paychecks, lies on Margaret's behalf even after she's callously r...

from ladytaluka

All right, I just finished rereading this because I'm leading the discussion for book club this month. I originally gave it 4 stars, but I'm bumping it to 5. I really LOVE this book. It's similar to Pride & Prejudice, where the man is in love with the woman and the woman slowly, slowly comes arou...